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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009

If you haven't watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - or even know what it is yet - then this post is for you.

And if you *have* seen and love Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, then this post is really for you.

I was late in discovering JossWhedon'sinternet gem, but within 5 minutes I was in love, and have been looking for an excuse to feature it here ever since. Fortunately, Pfoinkle of Hurry Up Cakes has provided me with several truly excellent excuses:

But I'm getting ahead of myself. First and foremost, you should know that Dr. Horrible is an award-winning musical film made exclusively for the Internet. It has a super catchy soundtrack, hilarious super-villain spoofs, and an unexpectedly sweet story. You can watch it for free online in three 14-minute segments, too. In fact... [furious clicking in the background] ...here, watch the first few minutes of this and just try not to get hooked:

[NOTE: Sorry, guys; I just learned that the above vid is only viewable here in the U.S. So if you're not in the U.S., you can either schedule a trip or buy the DVD on Amazon. (Go here to watch the trailer.)]

Ok, enough intro. Back to the cake!

First up is the geekalicious goggle cake:

Below Dr. Horrible's signature goggles are the label and some schematics for his death ray. Turn the cake around, though, and you'll see...

...the Thoroughbred of Sin himself, Bad Horse!

Next we have Captain Hammer's cake:

Penny's frozen yogurt cake:

"What a crazy random happenstance!"

And lastly, a few mini cakes to represent Hammer's groupies and Bad Horse's chorus:

Plus, if you want to make one of these cakes yourself, Pfoinkle(Her real name? Discuss.) has provided extensive photo tutorials on her site here. Thanks, Pfoink!

oh my goodness. i about had a heart attack when i checked this morning!!! i absolutely LOVE dr. horrible and never even dreamed it could be in the sweets! BRILLIANT! in fact, i was humming along to one of the songs this morning as i got ready...hmmm "What a crazy random happenstance!"

Never heard of this, but 7 minutes in, I'm hooked!!! Perfect timing, too. A hamstring injury has me down for the count, so I have plenty of time to watch. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, and the cakes are adorable, too!

You just found Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog? Then you probably haven't heard Commentary: The Musical! yet either. That's right. The DVD commentary for Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog is a musical, and it is awesome.

Jen, You rock. This entry rocked. Also the swedish chef entry rocked my world, as he is pretty much the best muppet ever. anyway, just a thanks for your never-ending entertainment and partial inspiration to start a blog of my own (www.fullcodeblue.blogspot.com) I mentioned you in the first entry.

it's like we were separated at birth! LOLI too discovered Dr. Horrible long after it's release but fell in love by word two of the dialogue.Joss Whedon is a God that should be bowed down to.Seeing one of my favorite creative forces mixed in with my favorite blog...what more could this geek ask for?Thanks for the great post!!

Oh deliciousness. I do so love Joss, Dr. Horrible, and these cakes. And thanks, Amanda, for the Commentary! The Musical plug. Now I have "I'm better than Neil" stuck in my head, thanks to my deep and abiding love for Captain Hammer/Tightpants (see other Joss vehicles Serenity and Firefly), erm, I mean Nathan Fillion.

Ack! So disappointing that these cakes are so incredibly amazing...and yet they got the name of Dr.Horrible's device wrong! It was Freeze Ray. It's not a deathray (or an ice beam that's all Johnny Snow...)

So, can we expect cakes from The Guild next? For those who don't know, The Guild is a web series written by and staring Felicia Day aka Penny in Dr. Horrible. They even have a shiny new music video co-written by Jed Whedon.

To those outside of the US, the whole thing is available as a DVD, either on Netflix or if you want to really support it, on Amazon. Well worth your 12 bucks or whatever it costs.

And while the Freeze Ray is a major plot point, there IS a death ray at one point - towards the end, he has a "stun" ray that he puts a piece of tape over the word "stun" to say "death." It's what ... uhh.... he is using at the very end (almost typed a spoiler there!)

I did not realize that "Hurry Up the Cakes" was such a well-known internet meme. (For those that don't know, it's a classic Engrish T-shirt found in Japan: http://www.engrish.com/2005/05/hurry-it-up/ )

My friend owns the house where they filmed Dr. Horrible's lair. There was no set dressing, that's just what his house looks like every day, thanks to it being an episode of "Monster House" a couple years prior (though the Big Chair was a separate acquisition, and really quite the most comfy spot to sit). He can be seen dressed as the purple pimp at the end of the film. He (and most of his friends) are huge Whedon fans, so we're all looking forward to the possibility of a sequel, though as long as Whedon's got Dollhouse absorbing his attention, he just doesn't really have time...

Silly Dr. Horrible fans! Of course his device was the Freeze Ray-- at first! But by the end of the show he had placed the tape saying "Death" over the original name, because he had transformed the Freeze Ray into the Death Ray to try to complete his task and get into the ELE. So the maker has this just right, by making it look like tape is covering part of the title!

Wonderful cakes! Love this show so much! I agree with the others-- if you don't live in the US, there are still other ways of seeing this. iTunes, the DVD, I'm sure there are some places around the internet you can see it for free.... do it!

I saw these cakes a couple of days ago on Pfoinkle's site because I was looking for items for my upcoming 30th birthday party, which I've pretty much decided to make Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog themed. I am THRILLED you posted these, as I wasn't sure if I should submit them to you.

Dear Joss Whedon: Please give us more of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog! Is it bad that I'm rooting for Dr. Horrible? I want to know what happens to him now that he's part of the Evil League. I will admit, however, that I adore Nathon Fillion (he's so much fun in the series Castle).

I go to a geek fest every year called DragonCon, and not only am I doing a female version of Captain Hammer, but we're also going for the Guinness World Record for "Thriller" dancers. Felicia Day will be at the con, and I'm hoping to get her to dance with us.

Silly Goggleheads! The good- I mean, evil- Doctor had TWO guns in the finale, remember? The Freeze Ray was meant to hold Hammerhead in place while the Death Ray (which was modified from his Stun Ray, hence the duct tape name correction) was meant to kill him. The delicious-looking Gogglecake is correct. And yes, I know I'm a huge f'ing nerd for knowing all that. LOL!

Wish I had mad cake-making skillz so I could make these myself, but I'll have to settle for drooling over them here, much as I drool over Dr. Horrible himself. *sigh*

Seriously just finished watching Dr. H. for the third time (today). LOVE the music. First thing I did was tweet this entry for my fellow Dr. H lovers! LMAO about the pie comment! Indeed it should have been.

And my 3 y/o (well, when he was 3--he is 4 now) is adorable singing Bad Horse!

I've tried to watch Dr Horrible before, and this time I made it 8 minutes in before I decided it wasn't worth it. How long is a "few minutes" for Cake Wrecks? Because I would definitely categorize "a few" as "less than ten." I mean, I gave it an honest shot.

I was so happy when I saw your Dr. Who Sunday Sweets feature. "What could be better than Dr. Who?" I thought.

Ha! I guess you showed me! Wait . . .

I first watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog with my 7-year old son. We regularly put it on to sing along with (ah ha ha) while we do chores. My son's favorite song (which he'll randomly burst out singing) is, "A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do . . ."

And, btw, the DVD (which apparently has extras, deleted scenes and interviews) is available via Netflix. It is in my queue.

Dr. Horrible had a freeze ray. Which he used to freeze Captian Hammer in place, but he also had a death ray that he was attempting to use on him as well, until of course the freeze ray malfunctioned, Captain Hammer punched Dr. Horrible halfway across the room and took the death ray, attempted to shoot Dr. Horrible and it exploded causing fragments to fly, and strike Penny. Enough of that though. I've seen it a couple dozen times :)Just thought I'd clarify some points for those who were confused by the freeze ray/death ray debacle. Buy the dvd peeps.

Amazing cakes. Although on one of the Captain Hammer cakes you have to add "The hammer is my..."

BTW they are currently working on writing a 2nd Dr. Horrible project. Release date TBD.

Oh man, I could make my comment made of all Dr. Horrible quotes but that would get ridiculous... MY LOVE FOR DR. HORRIBLE KNOWS NO BOUNDS. Seriously, I've had a bad few days but this makes up for it. I've been wanting to do a Dr. Horrible screening for a long time and now I have the perfect treats for it.Again, THANK YOU.

These are such awesome cakes! And perfectly fitting for an awesome piece of web genious.

For folks wanting to see Dr Horrible on the big screen, check out the "Can't Stop the Serenity" charity events at http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com

Fans across the globe organise theatre screenings of Joss Whedon's "Serenity" for charity (all proceeds go to Equality Now). This year many cities are including "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" thanks to a special arrangement with Mutant Enemy.

we got hooked on Dr. Horrible when it first "debuted", can't stop singing it even now, have shown it to everyone we know. Joss, what a genius! "Capt Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze, the day needs my saving expertise!" LOL Although, I think my favorite line is right after "And this is not the Hammer"

Great cakes, what a tribute to one of my favorite writers, Joss Whedon!

For those that own the awesomeness that is Dr. Horrible on DVD, Google for easter eggs. They're almost as good as the blog.

I get to meet Felicia Day in ten days!! You all should check out her web series "The Guild". She and the cast made a music video for a song called "Do You Want to Date My Avatar" and I highly recommend it. Head over to youtube.com for episodes and the music video.

I love that you've discovered Dr. Horrible and spread the word! I twittered this cake months ago, but figured you'd be deluged with submissions of it. I echo the previous comments about The Guild (watchtheguild.com) - It's a web series by Felicia Day (Penny). They just released a music video, though you may need to be a gamer to get all the jokes in it. ;-)

My daughter and I are regular Horrible-philes (okay, so we're irregular) and I introduced Cake Wrecks to her some time ago--our favorite is still the turkey with the smile on his belly. She must have missed this post, or she would have told me about it. She and I regularly quote both DH and CtM to each other, and listen to the songs from both on an almost-daily basis. I adore the cupcakes--oh, I love it all!

A man's Buchananity is what separates us from reptiles and lawn furniture.

I was one of the people who'd never heard of Dr Horrible before seeing this.

I managed to locate the videos on Youtube and am now thoroughly hooked. And related links from those introduced me to Felcia Day's "The Guild" videos as well, which as a long time player of MMOs I enjoy greatly, so thank you many times for this delicious and addicting post.

Just an FYI for anyone wanting to catch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog who isn't in the US, you can find it on YouTube is pretty decent quality. Watching it that way you end up viewing 6 7minute sections.

Okay, yeah, and as cheezy as I am I love the subtle tribute in the musical (his pants) and of the "Captain Hammer" cake being brown! Gotta love Joss Whedon and his little hints. (Like the model of Serenity hanging behind Dr. Horrible in his lab) *just grins*

Okay, I don't know how I missed this post but I have to comment now! This is one of my favorite geek things EVER. Incidentally, you can now watch it on netflix instant view if you have it (for any other weirdos that stalk blogs written a year ago). AND, have we seen and discussed Felicia Day's web series, The Guild? Also, great.. but back to Dr. Horrible...

These cakes are amazing! I love, love, LOVE the cupcakes for Captain Hammer's groupies (We do the weird stuff) and Bad Horse's chorus (He'll make you his mare).

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